What is the West Virginia
Citizens Defense League?
WVCDL is a nonpartisan, nonprofit all-volunteer, grassroots
organization
of concerned West Virginians who support our individual right to keep
and bear arms for defense of self, family, home and state, and for
lawful hunting and recreational use, as protected by the state
constitution and the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution.
WVCDL was formed by concerned gun owners who believe in our
rights as law-abiding citizens to defend ourselves, our homes, and our
families
WVCDL has been created to fill a void left by the lack of a
state-level organization in West Virginia lobbying the Legislature on
behalf of our interests as law-abiding gun owners
WVCDL exists to advance a pro-gun owner agenda in the West
Virginia Legislature and at the local level
WVCDL is seeking to enact several critical, long-overdue bills
for West Virginia gun owners, including:
- Concealed handgun license reciprocity reform to enable West
Virginia's CHL holders to lawfully carry in the 33 other right-to-carry
states that have adopted reciprocity legislation and to enable the
millions of our fellow Americans in other states who have CHLs to
legally carry while visiting West Virginia.
- Protection of CHL holders' personal information, which is
currently available as a public record to anyone from an anti-gun
newspaper seeking to intimidate CHL holders to nosy neighbors to an
abusive ex-spouse who wants to know where you currently live.
- Removing Social Security numbers from CHL cards, whose
current presence is both in violation of federal law and makes our CHLs
a one stop shop for identity thieves who get their hands on our wallets.
- Changing the background check process for all CHL
applications to include a check through the National Instant Criminal
Background Check System to enable CHL holders to purchase guns from gun
dealers without an additional background check at the time of purchase
without having to worry about mistakes of identity or computer failures
delaying the lawful purchase of a gun.
- Reducing the excessive fees currently charged for CHLs in
West Virginia. Compared to our neighboring right-to-carry states,
West Virginia charges fees of between 167% and 360% of what Virginia,
Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania CHL holders are charged by their
states.
- Allowing members of the military and honorably discharged
veterans to submit their proof of military service as an acceptable
form of proof of training to obtain a CHL.
- Restoring the right of individuals to legally carry in some
publicly-owned buildings where carrying has been increasingly
prohibited in recent years.
- Castle Doctrine legislation to protect our right to
self-defense from criminals from erosion by the judiciary and protect
innocent victims from unjust prosecutions and lawsuits.
- Reforming emergency management laws to prevent the
confiscation of lawfully owned and possessed firearms from law-abiding
citizens as was done in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
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WVCDL has already done for you!
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